Every Sport Ever

Work

Print a page, or pick a project from Primary 1 to Primary 7.

Football

  1. Two teams of 11 try to send the ball into the other goal.
  2. You may kick the ball or touch it with any part of the body except your hands and arms.
  3. Only the goalkeeper may use hands, and only inside the penalty box.
  4. A referee watches the rules. The game has two halves.

Score. A goal scores one point. The whole ball must cross the line between the posts.

Win. The team with more goals wins. If the score is level, the game can be a draw, or some matches use extra time.

Football is the world game. Some people call it soccer. The World Cup is played every four years.

Finish the medal table

Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Write the medals. The full table is on the Olympic Games page.

PlaceCountryGoldSilverBronze
1United States
2China
3Japan
4Australia
5France
6Netherlands
7Great Britain
8South Korea
9Italy
10Germany
11New Zealand
12Canada

Paris 2024 Paralympics

Write the medals. The full table is on the Paralympics page.

PlaceCountryGoldSilverBronze
1China
2Great Britain
3United States
4Netherlands
5Brazil
6Italy
7Ukraine
8France
9Australia
10Japan
11Germany
12Canada

Our class games

PlaceCountryGoldSilverBronze
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Primary 1About age 5 to 6

On your own

Invent a playground game with one rule

Time. 20 minutes

What you need. Paper and a pencil

  1. Think of a game you can play outside.
  2. Write one rule in a short sentence.
  3. Draw the players.

Finished when. You have one rule and a drawing.

With a team

Play the one-rule game

Time. 20 minutes

What you need. Your team and a safe space

  1. Read the one rule out loud.
  2. Play for ten minutes.
  3. Say if the rule was fair.

Finished when. The team played and talked about the rule.

Primary 2About age 6 to 7

On your own

Say how a sport scores

Time. 15 minutes

What you need. The Sports pages

  1. Pick one sport.
  2. Read how you score.
  3. Write it in your own short sentence.

Finished when. You can say the score out loud.

With a team

Teach a playground game

Time. 25 minutes

What you need. Your team and one ball or cone if you want it

  1. Invent a game with one rule.
  2. Teach the rule to the team.
  3. Play, then stop and say the rule again.

Finished when. Everyone can say the one rule.

Primary 3About age 7 to 8

On your own

Make a rules card

Time. 25 minutes

What you need. A rules card page and a pencil

  1. Pick a sport.
  2. Copy up to four rules.
  3. Add how you score and how you win.

Finished when. The card has rules, the score, and the win.

With a team

Show a score without rough play

Time. 20 minutes

What you need. Space to stand and a soft ball if the sport uses one

  1. Pick a sport.
  2. Act out how a point is scored.
  3. Keep hands kind. No rough play.

Finished when. The team can show the score in a calm way.

Primary 4About age 8 to 9

On your own

Compare two sports

Time. 25 minutes

What you need. Paper and the Sports pages

  1. Pick two sports.
  2. Write one way they are the same.
  3. Write one way they are different.

Finished when. You have one same and one different.

With a team

Sort the sports

Time. 25 minutes

What you need. Cards or a list of ten sports

  1. Pick ten sports.
  2. Sort them into ball, water, ice and snow, racquet, combat, and wheels.
  3. A sport can fit more than one group.

Finished when. Each sport sits in a group the team can explain.

Primary 5About age 9 to 10

On your own

Two facts about a star

Time. 20 minutes

What you need. The Stars pages and paper

  1. Pick one star.
  2. Read the two facts.
  3. Write them in your own words.

Finished when. You can tell both facts without the page.

With a team

Write a five-question quiz

Time. 30 minutes

What you need. Paper for five questions

  1. Use sports and stars you have read.
  2. Write five questions.
  3. Mark the right answer on a separate sheet.

Finished when. Another team can try the quiz.

Primary 6About age 10 to 11

On your own

Olympic Games and Paralympics

Time. 25 minutes

What you need. The Games pages and paper

  1. Read the Olympic Games page.
  2. Read the Paralympics page.
  3. Write two ways they are different.

Finished when. You can explain the difference in a few sentences.

With a team

A class medal table

Time. 30 minutes

What you need. A blank medal table

  1. Pick four teams in your class.
  2. Invent gold, silver, and bronze for a games day.
  3. Do not rank Special Olympics countries.

Finished when. The table has places, countries or teams, and medal numbers you made up for class.

Primary 7About age 11 to 12

On your own

Three Games, three meanings

Time. 30 minutes

What you need. The three Games pages and paper

  1. Read about the Olympic Games, the Paralympics, and the Special Olympics.
  2. Write what each one is.
  3. Say what a medal means at the Special Olympics.

Finished when. A reader can see that the three events are not the same.

With a team

Plan a fair class games day

Time. 40 minutes

What you need. Paper and your team

  1. Pick three sports.
  2. Group players of similar skill, like at the Special Olympics.
  3. Write how you score and how you win in each sport.

Finished when. The plan has groups, scores, and a way to win.